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Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jast as good." WANTED 2SO Young Men At once to qualify for good positions which we will guarantee In writing under a $5,000 deposit to promptly procure them. The Ga.-AIa. Bus. College, MACON", GEORGIA. rOL^Ti THE FOOL*; ur e. it | The roval feast was done; the king j Sought some new sport to banish, care. And to itis jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a pray} Jy er! The jester doffed his cap and bells, j And stood the mocking court before : | They could not see the bitter smile * Behind the painted grin lie wore. [ lie bowed his head and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; | Ilis pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be merciful to me. a fool! I I "Xo pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin: but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " 'Ti?iot by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right. 0 Lord, we stay; I 'Ti* by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. I II When t I %| Tmck Dudley explained liis idea "with enthusiasm. "Something is bound to come of it,*' he said. "We will exchange mail for one week. You must read my letters and answer them as if they were your own, without consulting me, or even telling me their contents, and I will do the same with yours. By following up this misfit correspondence I'll be sure to get a plot." "Quite likely," drawled Grant. "But what do I get?" "Tim satisfaction of seeing me make a stake with an original story, and possibly a check, if that delinquent Boston firm comes to time." Grant pondered the proposition doubtfully. "It's a crazy notion," he said, at length, "but since I get scarcely any mail up town except laundry bills and circulars from local tradesmen, the chances of your prying into any of my secrets seems exceedingly slim, so I suppose I can safely accommodate you. When do you wish to put the system into operation?" "To-morrow morning, if you're willing," said Dudley. "My imagination seems to be afflicted with a most aggravated case of dry rot these days, and the sooner I get to work on a plot from real life the better." At no delivery on the following day were there any letters of importance for either of the friends, but in the 10 o'clock mail on the second morning there was a letter addressed to Grant that promised interesting results. The envelope bore unmistakable earmarks of femininity, and in spite of their agreement. Dudley hesitated before opening it. "It seems hardly fair to the girl," he thought. "Still " He looked across the table at Grant, who had finished his breakfast and was smiling over a communication to Dudley from the ponderous Boston firm. "That settles it," growled Dudley. "He's got the check, confound him, so I might as well get even by making the most of this innocent little note." The Mter was written in a. sprawling. fashionable hand, and covered several pages. Before he was half way through Dudley perceived that lie had been precipitated into the thick of a plot far more unique than any he had counted on discovering. "My dear Henry," the letter ran. "After many months of hard work I have come to the conclusion that the editing of the papers left by my late husband, General McKeever, is too big a job for me to finish alone, and I have decided to place them in the hands of some trustworthy literary man who will do justice to the General's memory. The question is, Whom shall I employ? I wish you would advise me. I know that you have a large acquaintance among writers, and it has occurred to me that you might be able to recommend some person for the place. , From our previous conversations 011 the subject, you are tolerably well aware of the nature of the data left by the General, and consequently you will know what qualifications are essential in the man who undertakes to finish the book. The payment will be very liberal, and whoever accepts the position can well afford to lay aside all other work while engaged in this. Kindly give the matter your earnest attention, and advise me as soon as you have made a choice. Yours sincerely, "LtJELLA McKEEVER. "Ilawthorne Apartments, Sept. 2." Dudley read the letter several times. Even after he knew it by heart he kept on reading it. Presently Grant started down town, and then he made preparations for answering it. ''She's the same old Luella," he mused, over ink and notepaper. "I've been thinking, ever since I heard that the General was dead, that I would look her up and see if she were as sweet and pretty as she used to be. This is an unparalleled opportunity. It's a blessing I made that contract with Grant. He wouldn't have recommended me in a hundred years, but I shall have no hesitancy in recommend ding myself. Luella refused me once, in another capacity, and she may refuse me now in this, but I certainly shall not fail through want of endeavor." Grant's was an easy hand to imitate, and after a couple of hours' practice Dudley flattered himself that his writing would pass muster before anybody less skilled than an expert. That feat accomplished, he wrote to Mrs. McKeever. "My dear Luella," he said. "I am very glad that you consulted me in regard to a competent literary man to linish editing the General's papers, be, cause it gives me a chance to recommend a man whom I think remarkably well fitted for the post. Clarence Dud| ley is the man I mean. You have no j doubt heard his name mentioned frel quently of late, for lie lias been doing j some very creditable work. Dudley is | a particular friend of mine. 1 have known him intimately for many years, and have always found him the right sort. I have never known a man whom I have liked so well. He is, by all odds, the best friend I ever had. and if you can see your way clear to trusting him with your book you will be conferring a l'avor upon me personally. Aside irom his attributes as an all-round rood feilow. Dudley is so well equipped mentally that I l'eol sure lie would give excellent satisfaction, and I hope : you can strike a bargain with liim. Let me know at once what you think of my | selection. If your decision is favorable j X will hava Dudley call oa ;reu. and ?ou 3 PRAYER, . SILL. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end: These hard, well meaning hands we thrust Among the heartstrings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept? Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung! The word we had not sense to say? Who knows how grandly it had rung! * "Our faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all; But for our blunders?0, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. "Earth bears no balsam for mistakes: Men ero,vn the knave and scourge the tool That did his will; but Thou. 0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool!" The room was hushed; in silence rose The king, and sought his gardens cocl, And walked apart, and murmured low, "Be merciful to me, a fool!" i **************+*?* ****** he Plot, I iI ? ?*.***r ened. | | | ?????*$??*??????'$& *W?*I can settle the matter to suit yourselves. Yours, IiEN 11Y GltAXT." Dudley did not vie v.* tliis effusion with unalloyed pride. "It is pretty fulsome praise to sins at one's own funeral." he commented. "If she should ever find out that I am the author of the panegyric she will certainly think me too e{fervescent to write a history of her deceased husband. I must warn Henry to say nothing about our compact. If lie should give me away my vanity would certainly prove fatal." Grant did not come up to their roons that night. He sent word that he should be out of town for a day or two, but that Dudley was to stick to their bargain and continue to answer liis share of their mail, as usual. There was very little to answer, but it made up in quality what it lacked in quantity, for Thursday morning brought another letter from Mrs. McKeever. "I was somewhat surprised at your choice of literary executor," she wrote. "I knew Clarence Dudley several yea rs ago, and have rather pleasant recollections of him, but I had hardly thought limit his literary qualifications are exactly what I require. Still, you seem to be in a position to judge him from every standpoint, and I will gladly grant him an interview. Before sending. him to me, however, there is one point that I must make clear to you. I slotikl have mentioned it in my last letter but shrank from doing so. But it is too important to be put off longer. It relates to the commands of General McKeever. It was one of the provisions of his will that no one except myself or my second husband should write a line of his biography. Naturally, he preferred that I should do it without assistance, but be was not a jealous or a selfish man, and be realized that I, being a young woman, should probably marry again. If I found the book too great an undertaking to accomplish alone, and decided to marry before its completion, lie expressly stipulated that my husband should carry on the ? OU. JVU ?t'C, UClUi V t'illtU 1U? 1IIIU ?i literary agreement with any author I must come to ail understanding with him in regard to that clause in the General's will. You will see, my dear Henry, without further explanation, that my position is most awkward. By the General's commands I am bound to see that the book is put on the market, yet I am unable to finish it myself, and am constrained to seek help only from some man at whose head I am virtually bound' to throw myself in marriage. For pity's sake, Henry, help me over this difficulty. Explain the situation to Mr. Dudley as delicately as you know how. I think it much better that you, rather than I, should broach the subject. Then, if he does not positively revolt, let him come to see me. Yours, LUELLA." Dudley spent less than ten minutes on his reply to the second note. "My dear Luella," he said. "Dudley understands the situation thoroughly. I must say that his remembrance of you seems to be exceedingly vivid, and he is anxious to meet you again. Notwithstanding your frank criticism of his work, I still think him the very man for the place, and if agreeable to you he will call on you Saturday afternoon a" 3. ' HENRY." Mrs. McKeever was plainly nervous through the preliminary handshaking when Hiey met on Saturday afternoon, but Dudley had braced himself for the occasion and acquitted himself as be came the literary trustee of a noted General. "I must confess." said Mrs. McKeever, "that I was astonished when Henry Grant proposed your name as an accomplished historian. I did not know that you aspired to fame in that direction. Furthermore, I didn't know that you and Henry were such close friends," "Oh, yes," said Dudley, carelessly. "I've known Grant for years." "So he tells me. lie seems very fond of you. I really did not know it was possible for one man to care so much for another. I hope that your are equally devoted to him. His praise of you is uustinted. He says that you are the best friend he ever bad, and that he likes you better than anybody else in the world." "Does he?" murmured Dudley. "Dear old Hank!" "ADd, besides, he is so very proud of your literary attainments. If I didn't know Henry to be such a level-headed fellow I should accuse him of gushing. I should be afraid that his judgment ? * a. na? oeen warped uy uie neat ui mi-uuship, aiul that his recommendation was not entirely reliable. However, I have decided to take his advice, and if you are willing to?to enter upon the probation which I explained to him would be required of you?why " She shifted her eyes uneasily. Dudley felt that he had skated safely over the thinnest parts of his duplicity, and he filled up the pause buoyantly. "Now, see here. Luella." he said, "you ought to know pretty well how I feel about the matter. 1 put the question to you six years ago. and you turned me down most beautifully. I swallowed the dose, I flatter myself, with fairly good grace, but I kept on thinking of you pretty constantly, even after you married General McKeever and went to Chicago to live. Ever since you've been single again I've been aching to sound you on the sub! ject, but I felt rather afraid of you and thought I'd better go slow. I want you, Luella. and I want to write the General's biography. Are you willing til 1?+. It BO At tllfttl" "Yes," sighed Mrs. McKeever: "if you're satisfied, 1 am." In the first thrill of victory Dudley felt that the only way lie could honorable square himself was to confess his double-dealing. Many times in the course of the afternoon he was on the point of making a clean breast of it, but modesty always forbade. "If I hadn't spread it on so thick in my own behalf I shouldn't mind," he argued. "Since I did, I think I'd better let things go as they are. I'd feel pretty sneaking to have her know that I blew my own horn so loudly." Grant came home that evening, but Dudley was too busy pondering ovet the outcome of his epistolary enterprise to say much to him. Just before they went to bed he remntbered that lie must caution Grant to keep their scheme a secret. "By the way. Grant, you haven't told anybody about our exchanging letters, have you?" lie asked. Grant yawned. "No," said he, "only one person. I told her the evening the plot was hatched, but she doesn't count. She'll never say anything about it." "Slie?" echoed Dudley. "Who is she?" ur\l. T v;u, uuuuu.v uut i.ui 11.i .uviwv i ci. She's all right." Dudley caught his drooping hcail in both hands. "Cood Lord." he said. "I've got a plot. now. with a vengeance."?New York Times. FIRST FICHT UNDER THE FL.AC. Fouclit on Loud, Was nt Fort Slan\r x Nktp York. The first eon diet waged under the thirteen Stars and Stripes on land, after their direct authorization, is known to have been at Fort Stanwix (suhscquenty re-named Fort Schuyler), in Rome, N. Y. The fort was invested by the British cn the -d of August, at which time the garrison was without the authorized standard; but they had a description of the design, and soon formed a Hag from materials in the fort. Victory perched upon their rude and hastily constructed banner; and in one sortie made by the Americans they captured five of the enemy's standards. By an order of Congress, approved by the President January 33, 171)4, the flag was changed on the first day of May, ensuing, so as to consist of fifteen stripes and the same number of stars. This continued to be the design J of our dag until the year 3818, when I the Union embraced twenty States. On the 23th of March, in that year, on the motion of the Hon. Peter H. Wendover, of New York, Congress passed an act entitled "An Act to Establish the Flag of the United States." It , read as follows: I "Section I. Be it enacted, etc., that from and after the fourth day of July 1 next the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes alternate j red and white; that the Union have twenty stars, white in a blue field. Section II. And be it further enacted. that on the admission of every new State to the Union one star be added to the union of the flag; and that such addition shall take effect on the Fourta of July next succeeding such admission. Approved. April 4, 381S." The flags of the United States have since continued to be of this construe IIUU, SU lllill, uu.il.Oi.-l IUCI1 Idiiauuiia | to indicate the branch of the Government service to which a special flag belongs, every one shows by Its red and white stripes the number of colonies which originally formed the nation, while its white stars in a blue ground will tell the number of States now embraced in our local Union.?George J. Yarney, in New England Magazine. A Useless Industry. *Thi.s is the age of feats?Alpinecliwbhig, Channel-swimming, fasting for weeks, searching for the North and South Toles?the most of them being more or less useless, and Involving quite unnecessary dangers. But perhaps of all fatuous attempts to accomplish something because it has not been done before, says the Dundee Courier, nothing caps the feat of play- j ing the piano against time. An out- l break of this mania is announced from Marseilles, where a couple of pianists, fired by the example of an Italian musician who played for nineteen hours at a stretch, have started to break the record. The conditions are J that they shall play for thirty hours with at most only four intervals, each of ten minutes, for rest and refreshment. Considerinsr that these who have !:o play the piano are very much liable to ailments of the muscles and nerves of the fingers and wrists, it might be supposed that pianis.s would not take up meaningless tasks that would exhaust muscles and nerves were they made of steel wire, and tasks which, even were they accomplished, would make no one wiser or better. It is well, however, that there is no compulsion of the public to attend to hear these musical freaks, and it may be hoped that, the building in which they are carried on is situated at a respectable distance from the paths of an innocent public. The New Jewelry, In one of Hoyt's farces two characters, Reuben and Cynthia, used to come out en the stage and sing to edch other about the topics of the time and about topic:; that were of 110 particular time, but which offered the excuse of putting words to music. Oue of theih would sing a verse and then the other would reply iu like strain. One of these verses by Cynthia was as follows: "lteuben, lteuben, I've been thinkin' What au awful thing 'twould be If they took to burning diamonds And sold coal for jewelry." This was Reuben's response: "Cynthia,Cynthia,I've been thinkin'And I know you'll take my wordNot one-half the population Evejr'd know* it had occurred." This passed for merely nonsensical rhyme. No one ever thought coal would be sold for jewelry, but that is whac is being done in Chicago these days. A man stood at Adams and Dearborn streets yesterday and offered "genuine black diamond stickpins" at fifteen cents apiece. The "black diamonds" were lumps of hard coal fastened to washed gold pins. The sale of these jewels was brisk at times, and scores of men wore thorn in their cravats.?Chicago Itecord-Herald. Not u Good I.ilceuess. The little daughter of the house watched the minister, who was making a visir, very closely, and finally sat down beside him and began to draw on Iter slate. "What are you doing?" acked 'the clergyman. "I'm making your picture," said the child. The minister sat very still, and the child worked away very earnestly. Then she stopped and compared her work with the original, and shook her head. "I don't like it much," she said. " 'Tain't a great deal like you. I guess I'll put a tail to it and call It a dog."-^ Dwlutk Tribua* - - ? yj ' p-T "j-^vfCrviLizrp^ L8SSS? Farmers and Good ltoadg* *?r~r IIE advocates of good roads j I . will lind plenty of arguments { | 1 in the recent report of the In* "q tlustrial Commission on the j marketing and distribution of farming j products. This report shows the value | of good country roads and the immense j saving that could he effected througt j them. It also furnishes arguments ir J favor of the construction of electric j lines through the farming sections of the country, not only for the hauling of I passengers, but for the hauling of j freight. The report shows that the cost of j hauling farm products over country j roads is $000,000,000 a year, or more ; than the entire cost of operating all the j railways in the United States. The total ! operating expenses of railroads is esti- j mntpd nt nnlv S18.000.000 annually. The average liaul to the nearest shipping j station in the transportation of farm j products is twelve miles, and the aver- ! age cost is twenty-five cents a ton a j mile, or ?9 a ton for the twelve miles. Iiy comparing this ton mile cost with I the average ton mile revenue of the railroads in the country, which j amounts to seven mills a mile, the im- ! niense opportunity for saving that : would be effected through good roads may readily ho seen. If farm products j could he hauled to market at seven j mills a ton mile, as is the case with i railway traffic, the entire charge for ' transportation would be less than ?20,- j 000,000, as compared with the ?900,000.000 it costs the farmers to haul their products over ordinary roads. The building of good roads and the ; construction of electric liDcs will mean | an enormous saving to the fanning j classes. Some of the advocates of good j roads believe that the two could he ! constructed jointly, as the cost would ! he proportionately less for ihe building j of good wagon roads, which could also i he used for electric railways. These j electric railways could he constructed j through those sections of the farming j community which would offer the best possibilities in the way of freight and passenger traffic returns, and wagon reads could he built connecting these with all sections of the country. The i farmer who did not live on the direct [ line of an electric railway could haul ! his freight to th? nearest point, where j it could he quickly transferred to an j electric train. That this possibility is fully realized | by the builders of electric railways is \ shown by the rapid development that j these lines are making as freight car- I riers. Throughout the country they ; are extending their lines into new ferritory and standardizing equipment and roadbeds in order to provide for the j hauling of the heaviest freight. It is j said by James J. Hill that trunk liucs ! as at present constituted are capable ! of handling from three to five times ! oninnnf of tvoffip thr>V nn\V pavrV. ' 141V H1UVUIM Vf* * ?. ?? liiv. --V, .. ? . , j To parallel existing lines -would, there- : fore, he Impracticable and unprofitable. Leaving out of consideration the almost insurmountable difficulties the new companies would mcounter in attempting to secure suitable right of way with adequate terminals in any of the j larger cities, it is certain that no bank- ; ing house would consider for a mo- j ment the underwriting of the securi- j ties of any proposed company parallel- j ing existing lines. The field of 1be electric railway is ! not in paralleling, but in supplement- j ing, the steam railroad systems of the | country. It lias been pointed out in j the Commercial that electric railways have materially lessened the number of j passengers carried by steam railways, ! and that more and more of the short i haul passenger business is going to the more cheaply CQiistructed and more j cheaply operated electric lines. This ; competition is welcomed by the steam I railways. A similar situation exists in ; regard to freight traffic. The steam ; railroads of the nited States would wcl come any addition to transportation facilities which would result in the j centralizing of traffic at shipping points by a more economical method than the I present cumbersome one of ha#nling it | In wagons over country roads. Electric : >1 1.. 01.P fn,. +hr> i railways Villi im?iuc iccucia >u<.. steam railroads? and if built with due i regard to the avoiding of competition ; they will supplement and increase the ! traffic of the steam railways without J in any way interfering with the earn- i ings of the latter.?New York Commer- i cial Advertiser. Should Set an Example. New Yorkers want good roads and good canals aplenty. The thoroughfares on land should be numerous and well constructed, firm and safe, strong i and spacious, while the thoroughfares i of the water should be broad and deep. ! The Empire State should set a magni- I ficent example to every other common- j wealth in its highways of travel and traffic, both on the solid earth and in : the water channels of trade. ? New 1 tork Tribune. Cost Twice as Great. It has been demonstrated that the j cost of power in operating automobiles ' Is twice as great in traveling over ! rough roads as over smooth ones. Still . this is 110 reason why the improvement ! of the public highways should not be j continued.?Kansas City Star. Poor Economy. Great loss lias often been occasioned through temporary and unskilful fixing , of roads and the erection of flimsy and Insufficient culverts and bridges. It is poor economy to erect anything but permanent structures, built to last and i -A J il. _ tncfc SUII1U Ui?: SLMUir.->i iiMic. Serviceable Material. Burnt gumbo is a very serviceable j material for use on country roads. It is not as durable as crushed stone, but j Is superior to dirt. Nothlne: if Not a Fatalist. A sergeant of a company of British j j infantry quartered in a Dacoit-infested j part of Burmah avus a firm believer in i destiny. Xo amount of argument with j bis more skeptical comrades could j shake his belief in the slightest, he In- ! variably closing the controversies with ' the rather illogical assertion that f "When a man's- last day comes, it comes." j One evening, when dressing prepara- i tory to taking a stroll in the jungle, he was noticed by a corporal, a persistent J opponent of the destiny theory, quietly to slip a revolver into his pocket. "Halloa!" shouted the corporal, who saw a chance of ridiculing the sergeant. "What are you taking the revolver with you for? That won't save you iryour time has come." "Xo," replied the sergeant without a ! moment's hesitation; "but, you sec, I j tuay happen to run across a Dacoit I : trhnaa laat dor has noma." t j ' I THOUSANDS OF ' November Colds Should Not Be Allowed to Develop Into Chronic Catarrh. Pe-ru-na Cures a Cold Promptly and Permanently. "I am glad to recommend Peruna, as it has done so much for me. I had been a great sufferer from catarrhal colds until I was urged to trv Peruna, and I am happy to say that it lias entirely cured me. I shall never be without it, and most cheerfully recommend it to others who are afflicted as I have been."?Katherine Dauter. 239 13th St.. Milwaukee, Wis. Most people think the success of Peruna depends upon the use of advertisements. Undoubtedly the advertisements help some. But by far the greatest number of people who hear of Peruna have their attention called to it by a friend. Some one gets cured of chronic catarrh by Peruna. After he is certain of his cure he is sure to recommend it to his friends. Friend recommends it to friend and the news spreads from tongue to tongue. All the advertisements in the world could not make Peruna as popu'ar as It is. Peruna cures. That is the reason people like it. Peruna cures a very stubborn disease. That is why everyone recommends it. Peruna cures chronic catarrh after all other remedies fail, which explains why neighbor St. Louis and San Francisco R. 11. Offers to the colom'st half fare, plus *2.03, to points in Arkansas, Missouri, Nelriska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, on the following dates : Nf v. 4 and IS, Dec. 2 and 16. Ja . <> and 20. Feb. 3 and 17, March 3 and 17, April 7 and 21. Write for advertising matter, rates and information to W. T. Sauxdebs, G. A. P. D., Atlanta, (ja. * Imperfect Vision. The handicap of imperfect vision naturally interferes with the progress of the child in his studies, says Dr. Grace Peckham Murray, in an article in the Delineator on backward children. A well known oculist of New York City states that defective vision is a very common cause of apparent mental dullness in young children. A child's eyes should be examined when he is old enough to attend school, in order to be sure thai he docs not suffer from lack of good eyesight. One writer has jaaid that he never met with a case of chronic bad spelling that he did not also nna some visual defect. It must he remembered that trouble from imperfect seeing comes not only from seeing words and figures wrongly but also from fatigue of the brain caused by eye strain. A Remarkable Gift. The gift by the late W. E. Stratton, of Colorado, of $1,000,000 to build a hospital home, and practically all the rest of his great estate of $14,000,000 to maintain it, is one of the most remarkable in a time distingushed by generous bequests. . Beware pf OInlAients For Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense ol smell and completely derange the whole sys. tern when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles shouId never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derivo from them. .Ilall's Catarrh Curo. manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directJy upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo be sure to get the genuine. It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free. $?\Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle. , Hull's Family Tills are the best. American fiour is used for the bread baked in Palestine. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerveitestorer. 3s2triai.bott!e and treatisefree Dr.R. H. Klisk, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Some mighty stupid young men are clever enough to have rich fathers. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children ieething,soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays pain,cures wind colic. '25c. aboltlo Carp are said to live hundreds of years, and pike are also hardy old fellows. Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain the hands or spot the kettle, except green and purple. American desk.<? and business system files are in use in Europe. I do not bolieve PIso's Cure for Con9umpj Hon has an equal for coughs and colds?Johk F. Loyeb, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1503. Bad habits grow rapidly without much cultivation. | Colds 1 " I had a terrible cold and could | hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's 1 Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im- \ mediate relief." W. C. Layton, Sideil, 111. I fHow will your cough \ be tonight? Worse, prob-1 ably. For it's first a cold, ? thnn hrnn- m III1C1' <X VUUgn, viivn w.w. g chitis or pneumonia, and | at last consumption. | Coughs always tend | downward. Stop this I downward tendency by 9 taking Ayer's Cherry Pec- ? toral. 1 Three sizes: 25c., 50c.,'SI. AU drnfglsts. 1 Consult your doctor. If he says take it, I then do as he says. If he tells you not n I to take it, then don't take it. He knows. I Leave it with him. We nre willing. 3 BMMMMManMHnaaHBnam \ " . ... . WOMEN <?ITDYIN( _________ \ Pc-ru-na Cures, That is Why the People Like it. 1 All the Advertisement in the World Could Not Make Pe-ru-na as Popular as it is. Miss Margaret Donnelly, 21 Webster Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna was recommended to me about, a year ago for catarrh, with which I had been troubled nearly all my life, but which had given me serious trouble a few months ' before I took Peruna. In two weeks my head cleared up, I did not have headaches, and in a short time felt perfectly well."?Margaret Donnelly. neighbor. Peruna ^\*?vMJ/ r cures catarrh parma- "'1 J$pf <gj ncnt'.y, and this way W * has gained a lifelong friend. Vi People who have Been cured by Peruna many years ago have been eager to recommend Peruna to their friends ever since. This is the way Peruna is advertised. It advertises itself. Its merits are its chief advertisement. Once cured of so distressing and exasperating a malady as catarrh it becomes the duty of every one to pass it along, to call the attention of those who are still victims to a remedy that rarely fails to cure. Beware of Cheap Imitations ol Peru-na?Be Sure That Yon Get Pe-rn-na. There are no substitutes for Peruna. Allow no one to persuade you that there is something just as good. The success of Peruna has tempted many people to devise cheap imitations. Beware or them. Be sure that you get Peruna. Miss Jennie Driscoll, 870 Putnam ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "I heard so much in praise of Peruna j (Sine BI g \ y LaGRIPPE,COLDS g i g and UlilDACHES. .* j g Sold by all Druggists. % ' ] | I will be sixty-one years old next j April, and all my life had been a great I sufferer from dyspepsia and indigestion. Up to three years ago I was sure that nothing would help me, as I had tried almost every known remedy, none giving me much relief. One day my I family physician told me to try Kipans Tabules, as he had found them of great I benefit in several obstinate cases of ini I riirrocKnn and dvspepsia. I will say ! -andidly tliat I had little faith in them or in anv other medicine when 1 began taking the Tabules. Much to my surprise I felt better within a day and was soon greatly relieved. I kept taking them and continued to improve. I felt like a new woman, and my neighbors and friends saw a great change for the better in my health. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year f Telefraphy, Louisville, Ky., (founded in 1864), will teach you the profession quickly and secure position for you. Handsome catalogue fbsk. II Auto Wear Jflffi Red Seal Shoes 1 : *":.> . ft % as a specific for catarrhal affections that ' when I found myself with a bad case of catarrh of the head and throat Peruna was the first thing that I thought of. And my convictions were not wrong, for in a few weeks after using Peruna systematically I was entirely nd of his aggravating and distressing disease, catarrh. "If people knew how efficient Peruna was for tnis trouble they would not hesi- " tute to try it. I have all the faith in the world in it, and have never known of a . / case where the person was not cured in a short time."?Jennie Driscoll. 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